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Dissuasion
on September 21, 2011
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Obama gave a good speech today at the U.N. on the Israel-Palestinian conflict: President Barack Obama told a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday that Mideast peace “will not come through statements and resolutions” by the world body, arguing against a proposed resolution calling...
Libertarianism: Lost in Translation
on September 21, 2011
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I get Presseurope, a roundup of translated opinion pieces from the EU, sent to my email. For the most part, the newsletter is incredibly informative. For instance, I had no idea that someone could honestly think that the Greeks deserved pity...
“I voted for him, I’m a Democrat, but Obama who?”
on September 21, 2011
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That's a line from this web ad released by the Republican Jewish Coalition, which is capitalizing on the momentum from the NY-09 election: ...
More Turkish threats
on September 21, 2011
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It's all about the natural gas and Erdogan's ego: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan described offshore gas drilling by estranged ally Israel and Cyprus as "madness" on Wednesday, raising the stakes in a confrontation over potentially huge deposits in the eastern Mediterranean...
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Wisconsin’s long, strange trip
on September 21, 2011
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Thanks to reader Heather, who writes: Seen on a parked Prius in Sister Bay, WI Oh, the comments I could make! In a follow up e-mail, Heather wrote: In forgot to tell you; on the other side of the bumper was the obligatory "coexist" bumper sticker! Comments, why comments about...
“… like Thomas Paine and other deep thinkers from before the revolutionary war…”
on September 20, 2011
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I was pleased to meet a long time reader at my Tea Party presentation at the Cornell Club on Monday night, and even more pleased to get this e-mail afterwards: Professor Jacobson, It was a pleasure to meet you last night and hear your presentation. In my...
Can The Daily Caller survive?
on September 20, 2011
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I haven't posted about the Twitter and blog war which broke out over a clip of Mike Tyson trash talking Sarah Palin in very explicit and violent sexual ways, although I did spotlight Dan Riehl's post about it as Post of the Day. The controversy is...
What’s past is present: “This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I’ve ever seen.”
on September 20, 2011
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Figures. I was on the bus this morning heading back to Ithaca from my Tea Party talk at the Cornell Club in NYC when I spotted on my PDA a post by Ed Morrissey about an AP Fact Check debunking Obama's claim that secretaries pay higher taxes than...
One More Item For Far Left’s Ever-Expanding List Of Unapproved Behaviors That Murder People
on September 20, 2011
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First it was "targeting" congressional seats. Then, it was opposing gay marriage. Now, as The Other McCain reports, not publicizing one's (alleged) bisexuality. “I gave Ellen Page a decent chance to come out with the truth,” Topitschnig posted on V-Generations. “Two months ago, I mentioned her in my...
Newt Gingrich thinks it is the late 90s
on September 20, 2011
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and I wish he was right. The fledgling candidate announced in Iowa that he is going to propose a newer Contract with America: It “will be 10 times deeper and more comprehensive than 1994,” he told an audience of about 40 people Monday night in Council Bluffs....
Ron Paul Buys California GOP Straw Poll
on September 20, 2011
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The Sacramento Bee reports that the Ron Paul campaign cut a $26,000 check to fund most of Ron Paul's votes in the recent California Straw poll at the California Republican Party convention. Participation cost around $100 per vote, and Paul won with 374 votes. Good. The...
Cornell Club NYC last night
on September 20, 2011
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I gave a talk last night at the Cornell Club of New York City in Manhattan. The topic was the Tea Party Movement, and the thesis was: Professor Jacobson will argue that the Tea Party movement has been among the most influential and most positive forces...
Today’s Lawless Radicals Don’t Understand Civil Disobedience
on September 20, 2011
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As Althouse reports and Instapundit distills, concerning a violent protest: ...
If you only read
on September 19, 2011
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one op-ed today, I hope it is Mary O'Grady's column in the Wall Street Journal: "Big Labor's Yanqui Imperialism." On the face of it, the National Labor Relations Board's effort to block a new Boeing plant slated for the right-to-work state of South Carolina seems like...
The Drudge of School Choice
on September 19, 2011
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Today marks the launch of ChoiceMedia.tv, the news hub of school choice activism in the U.S. I'm really excited to see the site under the direction of Bob Bowdon, director of The Cartel Movie and contributor to the Onion News Network. Hopefully, the site will provide a...
